In Vologda, security forces detained a 36-year-old trans person on suspicion of calls for terrorist activities (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by SHOT and Postnews, citing sources. According to them, a detainee named Olga corresponded with representatives of the “Freedom of Russia” legion fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and reposted their messages to her Telegram channel.

David Lynch, photo: Nina Prommer / EPA-EFE David Lynch, photo: Nina Prommer / EPA-EFE Director and screenwriter David Lynch has died in the United States at the age of 78. His family reported this on Facebook, and Variety drew attention to the publication. “It is with deep sadness that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and artist David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy during this time. There is a big hole in the world now that he is no longer with us.

Plagiarism was discovered in Alexander Ilichevsky’s novel, and now the publishing house will destroy the book’s circulation. What prompted the Russian Booker laureate to take other people’s texts? Alexander Ilichevsky. Photo: Vadim Brodsky / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Publishing house "Alpina. Proza announced that it was going to destroy the entire paper edition of Alexander Ilichevsky’s novel “October 7” (or “7/10”), in which plagiarism was discovered.

UK PM Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Kyiv. Photo: Telegram Sir Keir Starmer made his first visit to Kyiv as British prime minister on Thursday, during which he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the two leaders signed a 100-year cooperation, trade and strategic partnership agreement, Reuters reported .

At least 174 Russian families were suing each other for “death” payments to relatives killed in the war in Ukraine, Vorstka calculated . According to journalists, the actors in 69% of the lawsuits filed are the mothers of war participants who sued the biological fathers of their sons for money. Most of them stated that they raised their children alone and did not receive child support.

Ruben Vardanyan, photo: Instagram The former head of government of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Ruben Vardanyan, who is under arrest in Azerbaijan, faces 42 charges, some of which carry life imprisonment. The businessman himself announced this in his official statement before the trial, which begins tomorrow, January 17.

Israeli Finance Minister and leader of the far-right Religious Zionism party Bezalel Smotrich on the social network X demanded that the deal with Hamas on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange be abandoned. Otherwise, the politician promised to leave the ruling coalition. The ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal threatens Israel's national security, Smotrich said.

A pumping station for a Moldovan-Romanian gas pipeline in Zagarancea, Moldova. Photo: EPA/DUMITRU DORU The Russian government is considering purchasing gas on European markets for the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, which has been cut off from its normal supplies following the end of a gas transit contract between Moscow and Kyiv earlier this month, Russian state-affiliated daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.

Why have Israel and Hamas only now agreed to a ceasefire and prisoner exchange? Does this bring the end of the war closer? Family members of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their supporters protest, calling for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 15, 2025. Photo: Abir Sultan/EPA Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The fire will cease, 33 hostages will be exchanged for about a thousand prisoners. The deal may fall through at the last moment. Palestinians celebrate a reported ceasefire agreement with Israel in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025. Photo: Haitham Imad/EPA Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the return of Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip.

School No. 1 in Reutov, photo: social networks In Reutov, near Moscow, security forces detained a 16-year-old teenager on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack at his own school. This was reported by Moskovsky Komsomolets. According to MK, the teenager was planning to carry out a terrorist attack at school No. 1. During his arrest, they found three knives and “numerous notes of evidentiary value,” the publication says.

Russia no longer supplies gas to the EU through Ukraine. Europe lives on reserves and increases the import of alternatives. What could lead to the restoration of transit, albeit in a hidden form? Pipes at the compressor and distribution station of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline near Kursk, January 4, 2006. Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On January 1, the long-term transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine stopped.

One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin Photo: Vitaly Malyshev In disgust at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yakut punk musician Aykhal Ammosov defiantly resolved to display a banner reading “Yakutian punk against the war” during a visit by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to the city of Yakutsk in Russia's Far East in August 2022.

Photo: Dumitru Doru/EPA The authorities of Russia and Transnistria are considering the possibility of purchasing gas on the European spot market to resume gas supplies to the unrecognized republic. Kommersant reports this with reference to sources. According to the publication, the deal will be completed through the mediation of Natural Gaz DC. Money for the purchase of gas will be allocated from the Russian budget.

Visitors attend the opening ceremony of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow, Russia, 30 October 2015. Photo: EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV The director of Moscow’s highly respected Gulag History Museum was removed from his post late last year for his refusal to censor an exhibit on Soviet-era repression that his staff had prepared for the Museum of Moscow, Russian independent news outlet Meduza reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.